I stopped playing when I got to the End End Game of Icebourne.

MHW & MHW:IB was my first Monster Hunter game.

I used a lot of stuff a little but I mained Longsword, Lance, and LBG.  I tried that Gunsword thing a fair bit too. 

My only real complaint is that as you progress to the very end you really have to make use of the clutch claw and the tenderizing aspect of it to progress.  Unless you're just a God.  I was not.

I played MHW on XBox until Lunastra came out and then got IB, tried to push through with endgame gear and barely got past Ice Tiger.  Got it again on PC like a year later, caught up, and used the IB Gear to get through the story.  Never hit the red or black dragon but beat the basic story and opened up that last weird area